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Mohandas Gandhi

Mohandas K. Gandhi is known worldwide for his stance of non-violent political resistance. He believed in simple living, negotiation, and eventually helped head India to independence from the British Empire. His autobiography is titled 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth.' Ironically, the man who stated "an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind" was assassinated in 1948.

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What is the womens role in history in 19th and 20th century?

Women's roles in history in the 19th and 20 century mainly revolved around the household. They bore children, were nurses, and teachers. During periods of war, they were drafted into the labor market.

What is Gandhi's mother's job?

Gandhi job isa freedom fighter and trained a great leader

What did Gandhi like?

Gandhi was a kind hearted man who only put India's Independence first.

Once when it was raining badly he gave his umbrella to his body guards.

Gandhi wore cotton clothes which were manufactured by machines instead of wearing fancy silk clothing which was expensive

What was Gandhi biggest weapons?

gandhi didnt use any weapons during his freedom struggle . his main weapon was non violence . he wanted peace to prevail and he was honest , featless , patriotic , truthful , etc . he was a great great man ...................

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Who killed Mahatma Gandhi?

No one knows for sure. The Hindu's just blame the Sikhs because they were the bodyguards that were with her when she died. They just blame them show they can let their anger out.
Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Sikh extremists in retaliation for ordering the Operation Blue Star.

What is the Jeffersonian ideal?

The Jeffersonian Ideal, or Jeffersonian Republicanism, was a theory made by Thomas Jefferson. It was a belief that said the people run the government and that the government should be small and simple.

What was mahatma gandhis long-term goal?

His aim in life was to force the british to leave (for equality).

What is the difference between Mohandas and Mahatma as names?

Mohandas was his given name when he was born and Mahatma was given to him which meant 'Great Soul'.

What were Gandhi's bad qualities?

there are lots of negative points about gandhi

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when he thrown out of train he said they throw him because he is an Indian but reason was diffrent

when a low cast man is sitting near him he said tc that i belond to a high cast and i will not sit with low cast people. hence that brave tc throw him out of the train.

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What impacts did Gandhi have?

Mohandas Gandhi was greatly admired for his non-violent activism which eventually brought about India's independence. As a result of his success, other famous activists, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, used some of the same techniques in their struggle for human rights.

Why did Gandhi protest in South Africa?

* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a young man of 24 when he arrived in South Africa in 1893. * Gandhi's work in South Africa dramatically changed him, as he faced the discrimination commonly directed at black South Africans and Indians. One day in court at Durban, the magistrate asked him to remove his turban. He was thrown off a train at Standerton, in the Transvaal , after refusing to move from the first class to a third class coach while holding a valid first class ticket. Traveling further on by stagecoach, he suffered other hardships on the journey as well, including being barred from many hotels. These incidents have been acknowledged by several biographers as a turning point in his life, explaining his later social activism. It was through witnessing firsthand the racism, prejudice and injustice against Indians in South Africa that Gandhi started to question his people's status, and his own place in society. However, these events by no means explain why he advocated non-violence instead of aggressive revolution. * At the end of his contract, Gandhi prepared to return to India. However, at a farewell party in his honour in Durban, he happened to glance at a newspaper and learned that a bill to deny the right to vote to Indians was being considered by the Natal Legislative Assembly. When he brought this up with his hosts, they lamented that they did not have the expertise necessary to oppose the bill, and implored Gandhi to stay and help them. He circulated several petitions to both the Natal Legislature and the British Government in opposition to the bill. Though unable to halt the bill's passage, his campaign was successful in drawing attention to the grievances of Indians in South Africa. Supporters convinced him to remain in Durban to continue fighting against the injustices levied against Indians in South Africa. He founded the Natal Indian Congress in 1894, with himself as the Secretary.Through this organization, he molded the Indian community of South Africa into a homogeneous political force, publishing documents detailing Indian grievances and evidence of British discrimination in South Africa. Gandhi returned briefly to India in 1896 to bring his wife and children to live with him in South Africa. When he returned in January 1897, a white mob attacked and tried to lynch him.[ In an early indication of the personal values that would shape his later campaigns, he refused to press charges against any member of the mob, stating it was one of his principles not to seek redress for a personal wrong in a court of law. * At the onset of the South African War, Gandhi argued that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full citizenship, organizing a volunteer ambulance corps of 300 free Indians and 800 indentured labourers called the Indian Ambulance Corps, one of the few medical units to serve wounded black South Africans. He himself was a stretcher-bearer at the Battle of Spion Kop, and was decorated. At the conclusion of the war, however, the situation for the Indians did not improve, but continued to deteriorate. In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act compelling registration of the colony's Indian population. At a mass protest meeting held in Johannesburg on September 11th that year, Gandhi adopted his methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest, for the first time, calling on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means. This plan was adopted, leading to a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi himself on many occasions), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance. While the government was successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Christiaan Smuts to negotiate a compromise with Gandhi.

Why did gandhi dress poor?

Because the Indians did not want to buy clothes from the British anymore, because all they were doing is giving them more money. So all of their clothes are homespun. Gandhi provided clothes for some extremely poor Indians to show that all Indians made their own clothes, and not bought from Britain.

When did gandhi ji died?

Mohandas karam chand ghandi /mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse, an activist.

why was he shotted:

He was assassinated by a young Hindu who felt that M.K. Gandhi was more of a hindrance to India than an asset. He (Gandhi) supported the partition of India into a country for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains etc and one country for Muslims. He had also leveraged the Indian government to give the newly formed Pakistan monetary aid.

Nathuram Godse (the one responsible for the assassination) felt this was unjust, he being Hindu felt that someone whom most Hindus looked to for guidance should have a stance more lenient towards Hindus.

Some say that nationwide groups were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate him, but those groups have been acquitted of any charges.

Was Gandhi rich or poor at a young age?

Yes, Mahatma Gandhi was certainly born in a rich family as his father was the Prime Minister of Porbander. He also studied law in the University College London.

What is the Gandhi Quote from Remember you?

in remember me tyler sais. ' ghandi said that whatever you do in life will be insignificant. but it's very important that you do it. i tend to agree with the first part.'

What was Gandhi's aim?

independent
Mohandas Karamchand Ganhi's aim was to free India from the british occupation and oppression without using any violence etc to achieve his goals, he relied on peaceful protests and defiance and slowly but surely he loosened Britains hold on India. =]

How was Gandhi peaceful?

Gandhi in India do many thing such a protest to the colonization of European to them he save the people from slavery such doing protest and helping others he go back to jail but he get out then too and continue for independence in India.so he called the father of India for doing great to the people's their.

What was an important experience in Gandhi's early life?

1891 June - After attending Inner Temple Law School in the United Kingdom, Gandhi passes the bar exam and becomes a lawyer. Unknown to him at the time, his mother has passed away while he is at school.1893 - Gandhi is thrown off of a train in South Africa for refusing to move from his First Class seat to Third Class (even though he held a valid First Class ticket). Such discrimination against Indians was common practice and this personal experience gives Gandhi resolve to fight racial discrimination.

1894 - Gandhi founds the Natal Indian Congress to oppose a bill denying Indians the right to vote in South Africa. Although the bill passes, Gandhi successfully focuses a broad range of public attention on injustices against Indians even as far away as India and the UK.1897 January - Landing in Durban Harbor, South Africa, Gandhi is beaten up by a mob of white settlers. His life is saved when the wife of the Durban Police Chief stands between Gandhi and his attackers. Because of media attention to the event, the colonial government is forced to arrest members of the mob but Gandhi refuses to press charges. Gandhi gains increased public admiration and support. His attackers offer a public apology.1906 - The South African colonial government enacts the "Asian Population Registration Act" where all residents of Asian countries, including India, had to register their name, age, address, job, and other personal information and carry a card with their finger prints. Gandhi develops his principals of non-violent protest "satyagraha" (devotion to the truth or "soul force").1908 August - Gandhi and 2,000 fellow Indians in Johannesburg burn their registration cards in protest. Even as Gandhi and other leaders are repeatedly arrested over 6 years of protest, non-violent rallies continue to grow in size.1914 - The Asian Population Registration Act is abolished.1919 - The British Government passes the Rowlatt Act which gives authority and power to arrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with the charge of terrorism. The Indian National Congress starts the Hartal Movement where thousands of Indians stop working and stop selling and buying British goods in protest. Unfortunately, violent riots also occur. At Amritsar, 379 Indians are killed and 1,000 are seriously injured.1920- Gandhi gets people to more intently boycott British products and encourages people to start making their own clothes rather than buying British clothing.1930 - The British retaliate by passing the Salt Act which makes it illegal for Indians to make their own salt, punishable by at least three years in jail. On March 12th, Gandhi (now 61 years old) travels 320 km (200 miles) on foot for 24 days to Dandi to make his own salt. Others follow. Gandhi is again imprisoned.1942 - Gandhi launches the Quit India campaign declaring India's independence from British rule. Gandhi is imprisoned.1943 - The 73 year old Gandhi starts a hunger strike that lasts for 21 days.1944 - Fearful that Gandhi would die in prison due to failing health and become a martyr, he and other leaders are released.1946 March - India becomes an independent nation.1947 - Tensions between Hindu and Muslim factions resurface and escalate into violence. India is divided into Pakistan and India. The lasting effects of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 still affects the geopolitics of this region.1948 January 12 - Attempting to promote peace and asking that homes be restored to Muslims, payment to Pakistan be made (per an agreement made before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947), and fighting cease, Gandhi (now 77 years old) starts another fast. Five days into the fast, India makes payment to Pakistan and Hindu, Muslim and Sikh community leaders agree to renounce violence and call for peace.1948 January 30 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is killed by a member of a Hindu organization angered by Gandhi's peacemaking efforts. Gandhi was shot on his way to evening prayers. His memory and teachings live on in the non-violent peace movements of today.